- Population: 8.545 million (2019 est.)
- Population growth rate: c. 1%
- Birth rate: 10.4 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
- Death rate: 8.75 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
- Net migration rate: 1.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
- Ethnic groups:
- German 65%
- French 18%
- Italian 10%
- Romansch 1%
- other 6%
- Religions:
- Roman Catholic 46.1%
- Protestant 40%
- other 5%
- none 8.9%
- Languages:
- German (official) 63.7%
- French (official) 19.2%
- Italian (official) 7.6%
- Romansch (official) 0.6%
- other 8.9%